Introduction

This volume explores the potentials and perspectives upon educational diplomacy, promoting a better mutual understanding on the European and the Chinese traditions and their visions for the future. Together an essay competition was held from January to September 2023, which concluded with a symposium on the 23rd of September.

During this project young students and young professionals from Europe and China were invited to submit their essays on the following topics:

• How will exchange programs develop in the future?
• How can curiosity and enthusiasm for the other culture be awakened and strengthened?
• What potential does educational diplomacy have?
• What is the new approach to international and global education?

The submissions of this unique academic project are collected in this publication, encompassing a wide range of authors from different interdisciplinary and intercultural backgrounds, coming from Europe and China.

This project was run in collaboration between the Institute for Greater Europe and the European Guanxi. Both are youth-led think tanks run by young academics and young professionals from all over Europe and beyond.

Meanwhile, the Institute for Greater Europe focuses on the role of the European Idea on the European continent and beyond, while European Guanxi seeks to foster mutual understanding between Europe and China.